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—a Polaris Musim Dingin after story. “Akari-san!” Perempuan yang baru saja memanggil namaku bergegas menghampiri. Roda koper putihnya berderak melintasi aspal yang tidak rata. Belum ada setahun sejak terakhir kami berjumpa, tapi rasanya sudah lama sekali aku tidak melihat Nishijima Misaki. “Maaf, kau sudah lama menunggu?” sambutku sambil membantunya menggeret koper ke sisi lain jalan.…
—a Polaris Musim Dingin after story. “Jadi, kau memutuskan untuk berhenti?” Ryuji terkekeh, kemudian terdiam untuk beberapa saat sampai aku memeriksa ponselku untuk memastikan kami masih tersambung. Dia baru kembali bersuara ketika aku memanggil namanya kembali. “Iya. Lucu juga, ya? Kukira setelah aku mendapatkan pekerjaan, aku akan bekerja di sini untuk waktu yang sangat lama,”…
—a Polaris Musim Dingin after story. “Akari?” Aku menoleh ke arah Kyouhei, yang baru saja selesai memasukkan piring-piring ke dalam lemari. Dia berdiri termenung di sana, membelakangiku. Aku pun berhenti menyapu lantai Shirokuma Bistro dan menghampirinya dengan penasaran.
I somehow made it like a trend not to include the acknowledgements page in my recent books. There is a valid reasoning for that, however, in case anyone thinks that I simply don’t have anyone to thank for. On the contrary, I would much rather post the acknowledgements on my blog instead, out of time…
I’m going to be brutally honest; I never had any intentions of publishing “Polaris Musim Dingin”. It’s true, you can ask my editor about it. It took months for me to let the very idea of publication simmer in my head before I finally relented, and let the book meet its readers.
Have you ever felt “cold” inside? Not the kind that comes naturally when the temperature drops, but the kind that haunts you whenever you feel alone and helpless–whenever you feel unwanted? When I was writing this book, I was at the lowest point in my life. Back then, it felt like all the walls were…
Alicia Lidwina 